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 Tabanidae from Costa Rica - Catachlorops sp.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 27-03-2010 20:38
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I received a sample from Costa Rica. Today I had some time to split some tabanids. Here the first. First photo. Later I will add photos of full body. 
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 28-03-2010 20:01 |
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 27-03-2010 21:04
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 Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
Gorgeous picture, Jorge! Looks like one of those aliens in some B-class movie... Joaquim |
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| paqui |
Posted on 27-03-2010 22:57
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
nice  here it is a web with pics of Tabanidae from there; there are very interesting ones http://darnis.inb...amp;-find= |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 28-03-2010 00:11
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Thanks to both. I have Diachlorus sp. specimens too. Surely Theo will like to know this. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 28-03-2010 00:50
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Full body here: |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-03-2010 19:29
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19260 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It seems to be a Catachlorops. Any change we get to see a dorsal pic and/or a wing ? Theo |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 28-03-2010 19:58
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
yes. Here comes the dorsal photo.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 28-03-2010 20:00
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
maybe a Catachlorops (Psalidia) balioptera? |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 28-03-2010 22:29
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
another...
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